GRASS VALLEY PROFILE FAMILY User manual

FIBRE CHANNEL SWITCH
Installation Manual
PROFILE FAMILY
VIDEO FILE SERVERS
071-0564-04
JULY 2001

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Revision Status
Rev Date Description
February, 1999 Original issue. Manual Part Number 071-0564-00.
September, 1999 Updated to include new switch models and Profile XP
support.
Manual Part Number 071-0564-01.
November 2000 Revised Product Support contact information.
Part Number 071-0564-02.
February 2001 Added NetCentral II support.
Part Number 071-0564-03.
July2001 Added Media Area Network information.
Part Number 071-0564-04.

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Contents
Grass Valley Group Product Support........................................................................... 4
Welcome...................................................................................................................... 5
How to Use the Manuals...................................................................................... 6
Support for Your Fibre Channel Switch................................................................ 6
Installing a Switch in a Profile Video Network.............................................................. 7
Profile System Software Requirements................................................................ 8
Fibre Channel Firmware and Driver Requirements.............................................. 9
Loading Profile Firmware.............................................................................. 9
Loading Fibre Channel Server Firmware...................................................... 10
Configuring Fibre Channel on Your Profile Systems............................................ 11
Configuring Your Fibre Channel Switch ............................................................... 12
Connecting Devices to the Switch........................................................................ 12
Cable Lengths .............................................................................................. 12
Single-Switch Fabric..................................................................................... 12
Multi-Switch Fabric....................................................................................... 14
Monitoring Your Switch with NetCentral II.................................................................... 17
SNMP Configuration............................................................................................. 18
Monitoring Status ................................................................................................. 23
Troubleshooting with NetCentral II....................................................................... 25
Figures
1 The Profile Fibre Channel Switch....................................................................7
2 The Update FC Microcode window.................................................................10
3 Single-switch fabric with no loops attached ....................................................13
4 A sample two-switch fabric..............................................................................15
5 A sample three-switch fabric...........................................................................16
6 A NetCentral II view of a Fibre Channel Switch..............................................17
7 A Fabric View in a browser .............................................................................19
8 The Switch Management Application..............................................................20
9 The SNMP Admin tab .....................................................................................21
10 Port status.......................................................................................................23
11 Port error statistics..........................................................................................24

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Grass Valley Group Product Support
You can get technical assistance, check on the status of problems, or report new
problems by contacting our Product Support Group.
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Welcome
Profile Fibre Channel Switch 5
Welcome
You can use your eight- or sixteen-port Brocade SilkWorm Fibre Channel switch
to create fabrics for Grass Valley Group Media Area Networks (SCSI protocol)
and Profile Video Network systems (Internet Protocol). This manual supplements
the information provided by the Brocade SilkWorm manuals that you received
with your switch.
Please refer to the following Brocade manuals, included on the SilkWorm 2000
Family Documentation CD-ROM, when installing and configuring your Brocade
SilkWorm Fibre Channel switch.
•SilkWorm Hardware Reference Manual - This is your primary reference on
the installation and initial setup of your specific model of SilkWorm switch.
It also provides maintenance and repair information.
•BROCADE WEB TOOLS User’s Guide - This manual describes the Web
browser-based application that allows you to monitor and administer your
Brocade SilkWorm switch. Open the Table of Contents for the SilkWorm
2000 Family Documentation CD-ROM, choose BROCADE Fabric Services
Users Guides Version 2.2, then BROCADE WEB TOOLS 2.2.
NOTE: If you are installing the SilkWorm switch in a Media Area Network,
please refer to your Media Area Network Instruction Manual for detailed
installation and configuration information.

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How to Use the Manuals
The following table describes how to use the documentation set that accompanies
your SilkWorm Fibre Channel switch and other Grass Valley Group products.
Support for Your Fibre Channel Switch
Your Brocade SilkWorm Switch is sold, supported, and serviced by Grass Valley
Group.
If you have any questions about your Brocade SilkWorm Switch, or if you need
any help or service for the switch, please contact your local Grass Valley Group
Support representative listed at the front of this manual
NOTE: Do not contact Brocade Communication Systems directly for support
of your Brocade SilkWorm Switch.
For information on... See...
Installing the switch in a
Profile Video Network “Installing a Switch in a Profile Video Network”beginning on page 7 of this manual.
SilkWorm Hardware Reference Manual
Brocade WEB TOOLS User’s Guide
Installing the switch in a
Media Area Network Media Area Network Instruction Manual
SilkWorm Hardware Reference Manual
Brocade WEB TOOLS User’s Guide
Configuring the SilkWorm switch
for NetCentral monitoring “Monitoring Your Switch with NetCentral II”beginning on page 17 of this manual.
SilkWorm Hardware Reference Manual
BROCADE WEB TOOLS User’s Guide

Installing a Switch in a Profile Video Network
Profile Fibre Channel Switch 7
Installing a Switch in a Profile Video Network
Compared to a Fibre Channel hub, the Fibre Channel switch improves the
performance of your Video Network by:
•Increasing the bandwidth between any two Fibre Channel devices by
eliminating the shared bandwidth required by a Fibre Channel Arbitrated
Loop.
•Improving the scalability of your Video Network. By managing your inter-
switch connections, you can increase the size of your network without the
shared bandwidth concerns of a large loop.
•Providing optional multicast capability, which lets you move material to
several machines at once, rather than with several individual transfers.
Figure 1 shows the Profile Fibre Channel switch in a simple fabric environment.
Figure 1. The Profile Fibre Channel Switch
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The sectionsthat follow describe theinstallation and useof the Brocade SilkWorm
Switch in a Profile Video Network environment. Topics include:
•Installing the required Profile System Software version (2.5 or higher). All
versions of Profile XP System Software support the Profile Fibre Channel
Switch.
•Loading the required Profile Fibre Channel firmware onto the Profile Fibre
Channel card, and ensuring that other Fibre Channel deviceson the fabricare
using compatible firmware.
All versions of Profile XP Fibre Channel boards have the required firmware
for operation with the Profile Fibre Channel Switch. You do not need to
change the Fibre Channel firmware or drivers on Profile XP systems.
•Configuring the Profile system to work with a switch (fcconfig -s on). This
step is not required on a Profile XP.
•Avoiding loop configurations in a fabric (switched) environment.
Profile System Software Requirements
You must install Profile System Software version 2.5 or higher on all Profile
systems connected to a Fibre Channel switch. You must install Profile System
Software 2.5 or higher before loading the switch-compatible Fibre Channel board
firmware.
Please refer to the Profile Release Notes for instructions on how to install your
Profile System Software, as well as information on the new features that are
included in the release.
All Profile XP System Software versions fully support the Profile Fibre Channel
Switch. Be sure to read the Profile XP Release Notes to learn about any new
requirements.

Fibre Channel Firmware and Driver Requirements
Profile Fibre Channel Switch 9
Fibre Channel Firmware and Driver Requirements
Early versions of the firmware for the Profile Fibre Channel board (1.4, 1.7.X)
supported the Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop, but would not function with a Fibre
Channel switch. More recent versions of the firmware support operation with a
switch and interoperation with other Fibre Channel boardmanufacturers, but have
not been optimized for use in a loop.
To operate in a fabric environment, one which uses switches, you must use Fibre
Channel board firmware that is compatible with the switch. You may use the same
firmware in a loop environment, but you may encounter operational limitations
that are not present with earlier versions of the firmware.
Generally, Fibre Channel firmware versions numbered 3.0 or higher, or identified
as switch compatible, or interoperable, all support operation with the Fibre
Channel switch.
NOTE: All versions of Profile XP Fibre Channel boards have the required
firmware for operation with the Profile Fibre Channel Switch. You should
not perform the following procedure on a Profile XP system.
Loading Profile Firmware
Once you have installed Profile System Software version 2.5 or higher, you can
load a switch-compatible version of firmware onto your Profile Fibre Channel
board. You must load this firmware before connecting your Profile system to the
BrocadeSilkWormSwitch. You must also use this version of firmwareif you wish
to connect your Profile system to any other device that is equipped with Fibre
Channel board from a supplier other than Grass Valley Group.
NOTE: Do not perform this procedure on a Profile XP system.
To load the switch-compatible firmware on your Profile Fibre Channel board:
1. Close any applications that may be running on the system.
2. At a command line, type vdrsvc -start and then press Enter. This starts the
PDR Access Service if it is not already started.
3. Choose Start | Programs | PDR Debug Tools | Update FC Switch Microcode. A
window appears.
4. The program asks if you want to continue. Type Y.

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5. The program now reads the new image of the firmware from
c:\profile\etc\sfcucode.img. The program automatically copies the old
firmware to the file c:\profile\etc\sfcucode.old.
6. Restart the disk recorder in order for the firmware update to take effect.
Figure 2. The Update FC Microcode window
Loading Fibre Channel Server Firmware
If you wish to connect a Profile Fibre Channel Server to a Brocade SilkWorm
Switch, you must load switch-compatible firmware on all the Fibre Channel
boards installed in your server. You must also install the appropriate Fibre
Channel drivers that can use all the features of the new firmware.
NOTE: A Profile Fibre Channel Server consists of an SGI O200 or O2000
system equipped with Fibre Channel boards purchased from Grass Valley
Group. If your Fibre Channel boards were purchased obtained from another
source, please ask your supplier about compatibility with the Brocade
SilkWorm Switch.
To load switch-compatible firmware on your Fibre Channel Server boards:
1. Contact Grass Valley Group support to obtain the location of the latest
firmware, then download the files from that location.
2. Place the files in the /temp/drivers on the destination SGI server.